The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-28
AMATEUR MINsTRELS.
The opera House CrOwded-AnOIher
brilliant Success.


Opera House contained such large au-
dience as was present on Saturday even
/ ing at the final performance Of the series
! by the Honolulu Amateur Minstrel Com
pany. The house was literally packed.
Many had to stand, although a large
number of extra chairs had been provid-
| ed. The programme was an excellent
one, and throughout the evening the in
terest of the audience was well sustained.
The performance opened with an over
ture well rendered by the company, fol-
lowed by "Shine On,'' excellently sung
was persistently encored and presented
with bouquet. He responded with
verse of "Mary's gone with Coon" and
it SO caught the house that another verse
had to be sung. The jokes between were
new and much appreciated.
Two conundrums introduced at this
point were "Why is Marshal Kaulukou
like a shark? Because he is dangerous
round the bath-house." "Why did the
Marshal want that fellow who tried to
get out of the bath-house window? Be
cause he would make very interesting
Page in the history of the affair"
The Beautiful Girl of Kildare" was
well sung by j. M. Bright, who was
encered and received a bouquet. In re-
Spouse to an encore he gave ''My Pretty
Red Rose" By request w. H. Hogs
sang "McCarthy's Fancy BALI in great
style, and was compelled to repeat
verse.
Conundrums were again introduced:
''What is the difference between the gov
eminent and drunken man? One can
stand loan, and the other can't!"
"When l Lay Dis Old Head Low was
SO well sung by E. F. Bishop that he was
encored, but did not respond. II. w.
Morse gave capital rendition of the
song "The Harvest Home" and received
bouquet with a label on which was his
name in letters about foot long. Co
nundrums followed: 'Why was it hot at
the Rifles ball? Because the soldiers
were all mustered. "What is the differ
ence between Majors Hayley and Corn
well? About two feet ''Who is the
best runner in town? Bandmaster Ber-
ger, for he is always beating time.' H.
Won Holt created much merriment with
his song cpl be OAR" 1t contained a
good many local points on the "Royal
Navee" and other live matters One hit
was highly appreciated:
"Rosy's got the appraisership once more,
And the feels very sore"
He was encored and received a bouquet.
Another verse was given. That pretty
song, "I'll Take You Home Kathleen"
was effectively rendered by J. NJ. Dowsett,
who also received bouquet The Ha-
waiian Chorus then sang a selection in
Hawaiian with fine effect, and were
loudly encored. The first part concluded
with ''The Skids," which was a take-off
on the drill by the Rifles on Friday night
1t created great deal of fun, and the
curtain was rung down amidst enthusiast
tic applause.
The second part opened with charac-
ter sketch, in which Messrs. G.. Macfar-
lane and w. G.. Armstrong appeared
and amused the audience. 1t was fol-
lowed by banjo solo from J. Appleby, !
who good naturally responded four times
to calls and whistles from the back end
of the gallery. A double encore is per-
missable in exceptional cases, but beyond |
this the complaisance of performer tires !
the general audience, whatever may be |
lis merits. w. H. Hogs character song
$50 NE. and received q deserved |
o..s t&E1l IILSI 81 Z - -
by E. /. l4oN
tlle @u'i'F'{i - prepare 90 az sli kiHdso
s---lI4--s enu, ana was q great hit.
The performance concluded with the
farce, GA Slippery Day" in which local
characters were introduced as follows
President of the Hawaii Baseball Club,
Osman Day, the free thought man, AL
leyne- Wade combination and a we'll
known Hebrew, who may be seen any
day on our streets, and who is acquainted
with ''TeWks" The latter character was
we'll made up and drought down the
house." A band of New Year serenaders
was also introduced. The second act of
he farce was take-off on the Kapiolani
and that it was thoroughly
appreciated the shouts of laughter from
he audience fully attested.
The Honolulu Amateur Minstrel Com
,any are to be highly congratulated upon
he string of successful performances they
rave given. The public are certainly in
Iebted to them for enabling them to
pend several enjoyable evenings.
FOUND DROWNED.
The Body Of a Native Floating In the
HarbOr.